Originally published as: Cosmographia. Beschreibung aller Lender. 1554

Publication statement from colophon

Signatures: pi⁶ a⁴ b⁶ A-F⁸ G⁴ H² I⁴ K⁶ L-P⁸ Q⁴ R² S⁸ T⁶ V⁸ X⁴ Y² Z⁶ Aa-Ll⁸ Mm⁶ Nn² Oo-Qq⁸ Rr⁴ Ss² Tt-Vu⁴ Xx⁶ Yy⁸ Zz⁴ AA² BB-DD⁸ EE² FF⁴ GG² HH-II⁴ (+ and -II4) KK² LL² MM⁴ OO⁸ PP⁴ QQ² RR-SS⁸ TT-VV⁶ XX-YY⁴ ZZ⁶ Aaa-Bbb⁸ Ccc⁶ Ddd⁸ Eee-Ggg⁴ Hhh² Iii⁸ Kkk⁶ Lll² Mmm⁸ Nnn² Ooo⁸ Qqq-Rrr⁸ Sss⁶ Ttt² Vuu⁴ Xxx-BBb⁸ CCc-FFf⁴ GGg⁸ HHh⁶ IIi⁴ KKk-LLl⁸ MMm-NNn⁴ OOo-RRr⁸ SSs⁴ TTt-VVv⁸ XXx⁶ YYy⁴ ZZz-EEE⁸ FFF-GGG⁶ (PP2-3 missigned PP3-4; gatherings NN and Ppp reserved for 2 of the folding views)

Numerous errors in pagination

Title within historiated border

There are 3 folding views which comprise eight pages each: the first found between pages dcxcij and dcxcvij is numbered dcxciij-dcxcv and forms gathering NN; the second between dcccxciiij and dcccxcix is numbered dcccxcv-dcccxcvij and signed Hhh and Hhh2; the third found between pages dcccclxxvi and dcccclxxxj is numbered dcccclxxvij-dcccclxxix and forms gathering Ppp

Includes index

JCB Lib cat., pre-1675

Alden, J.E. European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy has both the cancellandum and the cancellans (II4) with the cancellandum bound following LL2; bound in contemporary blind tooled pigskin over wooden boards with leather thongs and metal clasps; leaf Ddd4 damaged, repaired with fragment from another copy of same leaf

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